The cultural icon Stan Lee, figurehead and artistic dynamo behind Marvel Comics, has died aged nearly 96. He created along with others The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, Black Panther, the X-Men, Ant-Man, Iron Man and Thor. What he did was unique in the market in creating flawed super-heroes. He was the editor-in-chief of Marvel, later its publisher and chairman.
He said: “I used to think what I did was not very important. People are building bridges and engaging in medical research, and here I was doing stories about fictional people who do extraordinary, crazy things and wear costumes. But I suppose I have come to realize that entertainment is not easily dismissed.”
Born 28 December 1922 in New York, he started writing as a child, loved Robin Hood, went into comics early on and never looked back. His Capricorn Sun was the driving planet of a Kite from a creative Water Grand Trine of Jupiter in Scorpio trine Pluto trine a feisty Mars Uranus in Pisces; with Pluto opposition his Sun – not short of talent, confidence or the courage to take risks. His Mercury in Capricorn was widely opposition Pluto and square Saturn in Libra so he had executive and organisational ability and a serious side.
His creative 5th and 7th Harmonics were strong; as was his writer’s 21st Harmonic and his world-class 22H.
He was married for seventy years until his wife died in 2017; more recently there were stories of elder abuse, until a restraining order was issued earlier this year against his business manager.
A great mix of Earth/Water energy, and although a late Aries Moon is possible, I think Taurus Moon is probable. I know several Taurus Moons who are artisans, and this is usually accompanied with drawing skills honed since early childhood… Aries Moons tend to be too impatient to develope this skills as child. I’d contribute the sense of justice to Libra Saturn.
Edited to add: I know he wasn’t mainly a “cartoonist”, but he worked ad one early career. Had to have patience to build the vision. Still, this was very much a “craftman” line of work in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
A great storyteller.
I read Marvel Comics in the 1960s and 70s, and they were thrilling moralistic stories of
Good Vs Evil. Stan changed a derided format into a timeless cultural force.
He has left his mark on eternity with his fabulous characters.